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Topic: Pesticides

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“Our countryside is being drenched in pesticides” as typical roast dinner found to contain 100 chemicals

A damning published today by Greenpeace provides a damning indictment of our intensive food production systems

Pesticides Environment and ethics
Opinion

News from the farm: The 170-year squeeze that led to cheap food and Grievous Biological Harm

Pesticides Activism Guy Singh-Watson
News

Riverford calls for ban on glyphosate as a pre-harvest desiccant

Pesticides
News

10-year zero-pesticide study proves positive – but will policymakers pay attention?

As Big Ag pushes for more chemicals in the name of "food security", the findings of a landmark study provide hope for nature friendly farmers

Agroecology Organics Pesticides
Opinion

News from the Farm – Grievous Biological Harm & banning glyphosate

In the run-up to the UK Gov's glyphosate reapproval, Guy Singh-Watson argues the case against

News

Herbicide linked to cancer used in children’s playgrounds across UK

Over half of children’s playgrounds tested in England were found to be contaminated with glyphosate, leading to fresh calls to ban the use of herbicides in public spaces.

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Poison for profit – EU exports 122,000 tonnes of banned pesticides

44 Highly Hazardous Pesticides, banned for EU use, are still being shipped to the African continent

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